For a pub crawl start your way at Lindentorstraße near the train station, head to the Schrannenplatz and then continue along the street Baumstraße. On your way you will find an amount of pubs and bars. While on weekends all pubs are open, many of them are closed on weekdays. Some of them might be open at the early evening, but close down for the rest of the day if there are no guests.

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For a pub crawl start your way at Lindentorstraße near the train station, head to the Schrannenplatz and then continue along the street Baumstraße. On your way you will find an amount of pubs and bars. While on weekends all pubs are open, many of them are closed on weekdays. Some of them might be open at the early evening, but close down for the rest of the day if there are no guests. Especially on Sunday and Monday night the city seems the pubs are empty if not closed and you might prefer to go to a nice café earlier that evening instead.

Revision as of 12:29, 12 September 2012

Memmingen is a city of about 42,000 people in the German Federal State of Bavaria. The numerous courtyards, patricians' houses and fortification in its old town are well worth seeing. Due to its proximity to the Allgäu region it is also a popular base for tourists who are planning to visit the Bavarian Alps or the Lake Constance.

Understand

Memmingen is a small town with central functions in a rural area of Bavaria. Tourism was once widely limited to guests from places around. With the opening of the Allgäu Airport increasingly more international guests, discover the charm of the town which is conveniently located for trips to the tourism regions around as well as to the popular destinations Ulm, Augsburg and Munich.

Get in

Memmingen can be easily reached via car, train and plane.

Train

The railway station is about a 5minute walk away from the town center. Remember there are special train tickets for Baden-Württemberg and Bayern. With these ticket up to five people can use all regional trains for a whole day for about 30 Euro (all together). Both the Baden-Württemberg-Ticket and the Bayern-Ticket are valid for travelling to Memmingen. The Bayern-Ticket also covers the costs für the local public bus transport. More information about these tickets can be obtained from the Deutsche Bahn [20]. There are luggage lockers next to the building. If all lockers are in use it is suggested to ask at the DB booking office for alternatives.

Plane

The Memmingen Ariport (IATA: FMM) (until 2008 Allgäu-Airport/Memmingen) [21] is located about 2.5 km from the city centre of Memmingen. Ryanair serves the airport and offers flights from Alghero, Alicante, Dublin, Edinburgh, Faro, Girona, London-Stansted, Malaga, Manchester, Oslo (Moss-Rygge), Palma, Porto , Reus, Rome, Stockholm-Skavsta, Trapani and Valencia. Wizzair connects Memmingen with Kiev, Lviv and Belgrade. A bus service in front of the terminal connects the airport with the train station in the centre of town. The bus ride with the bus lines 810/811 or 2 costs 2,50€ and takes about 10 minutes. A taxi from the airport to the town will cost between 10€ and 15€.

Car

Memmingen is right at the intersection of the A7 (Hamburg - Hanover - Ulm - Memmingen Füssen) and A96 (to Austria and Munich) autobahns.

Get around

The town center is small enough to walk to all places of interest in the city. You can get a free map at the tourist office ("Stadtinformation") at the market square.

Going by bike is a fast way to get around in Memmingen. This way you get around independently from the rather poor public transport and moreover this way you might even visit some attractions in and around Memmingen which are not easy to reach by foot. Special signs for cyclists point the direction to regional bicycle routes. The Iller-Radweg is a long-distance route leading to [[Ulm] in the north and to Obersdorf in the south. The Kneipp-Radweg leads to the spas Bad Grönenbach and Bad Wörishofen. Bicycles can be hired at:

However, if you you plan to visit nearby attractions out of town taking a bus might be the right choice. The bus station is next to the train station. Tickets can be bought when entering the bus. Please check the return times in advance. After 7pm there is no regular bus service but a so called "Anrufsammeltaxi" (hailed shared taxi), where a telephone notification in advance is necessary. Connections for public transport (within Bavaria) can be looked up at www.bayern-fahrplan.de. For prices see this link.

If you choose to discover the countryside around Memmingen, smaller villages in the Allgäu region or if you want to follow the touristic route "Oberschwäbische Barockstraße" you may decide to hire a car. At the airport you will find the car hire agencies Sixt, Herz and Europcar. Another car hire service by Europcar is near the train station. A local car hire service called "Auto Greif" is located at Colmarerstr. 34.

See

Medieval old town

The medieval old town center consists of several attractions:

The Market place is one of the most picturesque sites in the town. It is surrounded by the town hall, the Großzunft(Guildhouse) and the Steuerhaus (tax house). On Tuesday and Saturday morning there is a farmers market held, where fresh vegetables and fruit are being sold.

Medieval city gates and towers form a part of the old towns fortification: About 2 kilometers of the town wall, including five towers and five gates have been preserved.

The St. Martin's church is one of the oldest churches in Upper Swabia and the towns ladmark. The building with a height of about 65 metres is still tody the towns highest building. Seasonally from May to October the tower of the church can be visited in the course of a guided tour [22]. Tours in English may be possible, if you ask in advance (phone: +49-8331-856920).

Antonierkloster: The well preserved former Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony monastery has been built in the 15th century. Today the building is used as local library, museum and event house for lectures, Kabarett or art exhibitions.

Kreuzherrenloster: Former monastery

Kreuzherrenkloster

Fuggerbau

Municipal parks

Around the old town walls where the moats used to be in the Middle Ages public park areas have been created. The moats have been filled up with exception of the "hohe Wacht" in the south of the old town and a part of the "Königsgraben" south of the "Westertorplatz". One of the parks is the Zollergarten a short woalk north of the market place.
In the north outside the old town there is a wider-ranging park named "Neue Welt". Although it is a 10-minute walk away from the center it is a popular place for relaxation. A beer garden, Kneipp facility, volleyball field, streetball court and a skate park are a part of it.

Municipal park "New World"

Do

Walk along the touristic routes "Roter Weg" (red route) and "Grüner Weg" (green route). These will guide you to most of the sights in town.

Fischertag (Fisherman's day) in July

Wallenstein Festival, several places in the historic town, [1]. with about 4,500 participants one of the biggest historical reenactments in Europe. It takes place every four years. (next time in July 2012) and commemorates the invasion by Wallenstein in 1630.

Annual fair "Memminger Jahrmarkt" in October which is special because of its location. Public streets and places right in the town centre are closed to traffic to make room for the fair.

Eissporthalle, Hühnerbergstraße 19, ☎+49-8331-62430, [2]. Visit the ice rink Eissporthalle Memmingen [4] and do some ice-skating or Bavarian Curling. (usually opened from September until March)4,00€.

Barneys Bowling, Haußmannstr. 2a, [3]. Bowling Center with 6 tracks and restaurant in the southern part of the town.

Buy

The major shopping street starts at the marketplace and leads directly to the Schrannenplatz.

Drink

Cafés

Coffee Fellows, Am Theaterplatz, [8]. A coffeehouse chain which is popular in southern Germany. Free WiFi.

Hochgenuss, Schrannenplatz 6, [9]. Modern café in the fourth floor on the roofs of the Schrannenplatz square. Also with an outdoor area and a panoramic view over the square an the "Fraunkirche" church.

Pubs

For a pub crawl start your way at Lindentorstraße near the train station, head to the Schrannenplatz and then continue along the street Baumstraße. On your way you will find an amount of pubs and bars. While on weekends all pubs are open, many of them are closed on weekdays. Some of them might be open at the early evening, but close down for the rest of the day if there are no guests. Especially on Sunday and Monday night the city seems the pubs are empty if not closed and you might prefer to go to a nice café earlier that evening instead.